Life of a Homeschool Mom

Balancing Marriage, Motherhood, Homemaking, and Home Education

 

Parenting Tween to Teens Resource Kit {Limited time freebie!}

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This free promotion has ended. Please check back frequently for additional freebies. The Tweens to Teens Kit from Hal and Melanie Young  is the perfect resource pack for parents of children eight and up to help them navigate through these challenging parenting years in a way that will lay the foundation for influencing their children […]

Family Discipleship Bundle Giveaway {5 winners!}

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Welcome to Day 21 of the 2017 Back to Homeschool Giveaway Extravaganza!! Today’s sponsor is Parent Road Ministries and they are giving away 5 amazing prize packages!! Check it out.. Christian Discipleship in a Counter-Christian World Much like parenting and homeschooling, discipleship is not easy. How do we reach young hearts with a Christian worldview […]

Christmas Kindness Calendar

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Countdown the days until Christmas with this Christmas Kindness Calendar. It gives you and your family lots of ideas on how to spread holiday cheer and give back to the community. Sometimes, all someone needs is to be shown a little kindness. This is especially true during the holiday season. Some people are without family […]

How to Homeschool With Little Ones in Tow

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Homeschooling presents many challenges. One of those challenges is the season of life where homeschooling is accompanied by little ones. A day filled with math equations, maps of Ancient Egypt, and sticky hands needing attention is enough to exhaust any homeschool mom. That exhaustion seems preferable to the days with missed language classes, half-done science […]

When Your Marriage Doesn’t Go As Planned

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Most people I know have a plan for their marriage. I know that my husband and I planned to have a fulfilling marriage, to love one another, to have children, to pray for one another, to be debt-free, and a plethora of other things. And I am guessing that those reading this article made plans […]

6 Ways to Help Your Teens When They Blunder

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Learning how to behave like a mature responsible adult is hard work.  The transition from child to adult is fraught with opportunities for foibles and failures, missteps and misunderstandings.  As parents, it’s our job to guide our teens through this turbulent time so they can learn from their mistakes and grow in wisdom. We have […]

Receive your Teen as a Gift

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Even before a new baby is born, the parents imagine the person their child will eventually become.   Newborn infants are adorned with favorite sports teams paraphernalia and dressed up to look like miniature versions of their parents. We act as though our children are blank slates we’ve been given to write the story we want […]

*FREE* Teach Us to Pray Cards for Kids

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Praying with our children before they go to sleep is an important part of teaching them how to build a relationship with God. Path Through the Narrow Gate has 2 sets of Free Teach Us to Pray Cards for Kids that will help you teach your children to pray by using God’s Word! Stop by […]